Improved spittoon foe railroad oaks



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Letters Patent' No. 67,377, dated July 30, 1867.

IMPROVED SPITIOON FOR RAILROAD GARS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that 1, MORRIS TRAVER, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, and State of New York, haveiuvented a new and improved Railroad-Car Spittoonfy and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaecompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a novel constructed railroad spittoon, the advantages possessed by which are as follows, viz, it can be inserted and secured in the floor, level with its surface, consequently cannot be upset; is always open and convenient for use, and while no air can pass up through it into the ear, by simply stepping or bearing down upon its centre piece its contents can from time to time, as may be desired, be discharged and the spttoon washed or cleansed with water. In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved railroadcar spittoon is illustrated- Figure 1 being a plan or top view of the same, and

Figure 2 a transverse vertical section, taken inthe plane of the line :c m, iig. 1.

Similar letters of lreference indicate like parts. i

A, in the drawings, represents the body or box of' my improved spittoon, which is made ofK a conical coucave shape, with a fla-nge, B, around its upper end, for securing it te and in the floor of arailwny cnr, the centre of the said eoneavebox being open or cut out; O, a cone arranged to play through the opening in thc spittoon-box A, which cone is hollow, and at its upper end or apex D is covered by a circular disk or plate, E, convex in shape upon its upper side; F, a vertical stem or rod secured to under side of disk E, from which it extends vdown through the cone C, and thence through a guide, Gr, secured under the spittoon-box A by means of suitable brace or stay-rods H, attached to the under side of the car bottoni. On this stem F, between the cap-plate E and guide G, is a spiral spring, I, by which the said cap-plate is held up in plaeofwhile at the same time if such plate is pressed upon by the foot or otherwise, it allows it to move downwards suiliciently to open the opening through the centre of the spittoon-box, and thus its contents to {lowout of the same, the cap-plate being restrained in. its upward movement by the action oi' the spring I, through a nut, L, screwed upon the centre stem F to such plate. M, a series oi' braces or stay-plates, secured in and around the spittoonbox A to strengthen and stiften the same and present a suitable surface for persons to walk or tread upon, the spittoon-box between these places being left entirely open for use at all times.

From the above detail description it is plainly obvious, without any further explanatiornthat the many advantages hereinbefore enumerated are all secured; and in a most simple, eieetive, and practical manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i The construction and arrangement of the convex disk, E, to whose under side is secured the spring-rod F, within and supporting the holiow cone C, working through the braced plate G, and pressing up thel said dislt E against the braces M of the box A, as herein set forth forthe purpose specified.

MORRIS '.FRAVER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT W. BROWN, ALEX. 'F. Renners. 

